Amid one of the world's deadliest civil wars, Congolese women turn to beauty and fashion to create a sense of control and normalcy over...
By
Didem Tali

In this issue of Lenny: Difficult People's Shakina Nayfack on being a trans woman in love; why one writer is giving up toxic friendships; how beauty and fashion are a weapon against war in the Democratic Republic of Congo; why men who preside over public restrooms should always provide tampons; and July horoscopes.